Inventors:
Mavis Bates - Aurora IL, US
William Bushnell - St. Charles IL, US
International Classification:
H04Q007/20
Abstract:
Apparatus and a method for flexibly completing a call to one of several associated telephone stations or to voice mail, or to a paging system. When a call is received for a called party having called party location service, a database is accessed to determine the routing of this call. The routing can be a function of the caller's identification, the status of various telephone stations of the called party, and of specific requests made by the called party. Advantageously, calls are routed in conformance with the called party's wishes, the number of desired call completions that are not effected is reduced, and the number of undesired call completions is also reduced.